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Back to homepageKurdish deputy’s lawyers appeal YSK ban at Constitutional Court 0
Post Views: 4 TODAYSZAMAN.COM Protestors carry a huge picture of independent candidate Hatip Dicle during a rally, protesting the decision of the Supreme Board of Election on Hatip Dicle, in Diyarbak?r, Turkey, 23 June 2011. The lawyers of a Kurdish
Read MoreOpposition parties join AK Party in rejecting boycott, BDP remains isolated 0
Post Views: 13 TODAY’S ZAMANANKARA While the Peace and Democracy Party reaffirmed its earlier position to stick to a boycott, the main opposition Republican People’s Party leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu indicated that his party would go to Parliament on Tuesday, a
Read MoreOutlawed PKK’s organizational structure in France exposed 0
Post Views: 9 EMRE DEM?R PARIS A three-year-long investigation into senior leaders of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in France has revealed the PKK’s organizational structure and financial resources in the country, Today’s Zaman has learned.The investigation into the
Read MoreA Turkish story: Hatip Dicle case 0
Post Views: 13 Journalist Hamza Aktan writes about Hatip Dicle case and violation of civil rights in TurkeyHamza Aktan is a journalist living in Istanbul. His writing (in Turkish) can be followed at http://hamzaaktan.blogspot.com/ As many other aspects of the
Read MoreOcalan: Boycotting parliament right decision 0
Post Views: 12 Government promises not enough, concrete steps needed before 15 July to avoid deeper crisis, said Ocalan During the weekly meeting with his lawyers, last Friday, Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan commented the current situation stressing that “we are
Read MoreCourt rejected release of 4 Block deputies 0
Post Views: 9 Court rejected release request by Hatip Dicle, Selma Irmak,Faysal Sar?y?ld?z and Kemal Akta? The four Labor, Democracy and Freedom Block democratically elected deputies Hatip Dicle, Selma Irmak,Faysal Sar?y?ld?z and Kemal Akta? have been refused their release application.
Read MorePKK leader says Dicle ban may amount to declaration of war 0
Post Views: 19 TODAYSZAMAN PKK leader Murat Karay?lan (C) Outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Murat Karay?lan said the ban of a pro-Kurdish independent deputy, who is now jailed on various charges, may amount to a declaration of war against
Read MoreParliament speaker, deputy PM signal legal solution to Kurdish deputy 0
Post Views: 11 TODAYSZAMAN Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali ?ahin Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali ?ahin and Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç on Thursday signaled that a legal solution can be developed for a Kurdish deputy who was recently disbarred
Read MoreBlock deputies: We will not go to Parliament 0
Post Views: 7 Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block deputies has decided not to go to Parliament Labor, Democracy and Freedom Block deputies have ended their meeting in Diyarbakir with the decision not to go to Parliament. Has they had anticipated
Read MoreKürkcü: Election Board decision nothing less than a coup 0
Post Views: 9 The decision by the Supreme Election Board is one of the barricades the Block will have to face Labor, Democracy and Freedom Block Mersin MP Ertu?rul Kürkçü has accepted to assess the Supreme Election Board decision to
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